Memoirs of Anne C.L. Botta,: written by her friends. With selections from her correspondence and from her writings in prose and poetry.

2nne X.. otta
by a strong intellect and a high and holy will, are visible in your
poetry; and you know that suffering " curdles days into years."
Mrs. Prentice sends her best regards to you, and always believe
me sincerely yours, GEo. D. PRENTICE.
LETTERS OF GEORGE WOOD (" PETER SCHMID").
WASHINGTON, December 1 9, 185 i.
My dear Lady Anne:... I was every way pleased with
your article on the city of Washington. It is written with all
your admirable tact, and the illustrations are extremely well
done. The few remarks on the social life of Washington are
highly commended. I wish there had been more, but I suppose
you could not make the article longer; perhaps you have a series
of articles to be entitled " The Salons of the President's House,
in the administrations of Washington, Adams,Jefferson, Madison,
and Monroe." If you could get up such a series of articles, giving the personages who made up society in Washington in those
days, they could not fail to be of great interest.
How are you? Pray drop me a line of your sayings and
doings. With kind remembrances, I remain,
Very truly yours, "PETER SCHMID.
WASHINGTON, April 18, 1852.
My dear Lady Anne:... I thank you for your kind favor
of yesterday, and assure you that I am desirous you should be
about something which, while it will promote your happiness,
will enhance your reputation as a writer. I am sure your taste,
genius, and talents have only to be put forth in some labor of
love to be successful. I am glad you are reading "Thomas a
Kempis." There are the confessions of St. Augustine, as edited
by Elizabeth Peabody, published some twenty years since, which,
if you can get, you would find worth reading.
I beg you will present my affectionate compliments to your
excellent friends, Mr. and Mrs. B. I am glad you find it in
338